Marc R Laufer

ObjectivesTo review the etiologies, diagnosis, and treatment options of adolescent endometriosis.MethodsReview of publications relating to adolescent endometriosis.ResultsEndometriosis occurs in adolescents as young as 8 years of age; furth…

OBJECTIVE: To review the incidence and diagnosis of endometriosis in adolescents and to evaluate the surgical and medical treatment options for this special population. STUDY DESIGN: Literature research. RESULTS: Endometriosis is the most c…

OBJECTIVE: To review the impact of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRH-as) on bone mass in adolescents and options for GnRH-a with "add-back" for long-term therapy for adolescents with endometriosis not responding to conventional …

OBJECTIVE: To define the clinical presentation and follow-up of women found to have endosalpingiosis. METHODS: Subjects included for retrospective study were identified as having had a pathologic diagnosis of endosalpingiosis. Those subject…

Pelvic pain is common in adolescents and can result from a number of physiological and pathological etiologies, both gynecologic and nongynecologic in origin. The evaluation, diagnosis, and management of these conditions involve both medica…

ObjectiveTo describe a new technique for improvement of visualization and identification of clear vesicles of endometriosis.DesignA new descriptive technique.SettingTertiary care center.Patient(s)Adolescent and adult women with pelvic pain …

Study objectiveTo evaluate adolescent girls with chronic pelvic pain not responding to conventional medical therapy, using advances in operative laparoscopy to determine endometriosis prevalence, clinical stage, and type of lesion.DesignA d…

Endometriosis is a disease process with great significance for adolescents and the clinicians caring tor them. This review examines current theories regarding the development of endometriosis, its differential diagnosis, short- and long-ter…